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Pomona College Poster Collection
PC.0025  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Scope and Contents of the Collection
  • Organization and Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Pomona College Poster Collection
    Dates: 1888-2020
    Collection number: PC.0025
    Extent: 28.3 Linear Feet (9 map drawers)
    Repository: Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, CA 91711.
    Abstract: The collection includes college advertisements, event and exhibition posters, student proclamations and broadsides, campus signage, College awards and certificates, student diplomas, and artwork primarily originating from Pomona College and its students from 1888-2020.
    Physical Location: Please consult repository.
    Language of Material: Languages represented in collection: English.

    Administrative Information

    Access

    Collection open for research.

    Publication Rights

    All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to the Archives.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Pomona College Poster Collection (PC-0025). Pomona College Archives, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, California.

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Items acquired through various donations and transfers.

    Accruals

    Additions to the collection are anticipated and this finding aid will be updated periodically. Please visit our ArchivesSpace page for a more frequently updated container list: https://claremont.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/9/resources/1147

    Scope and Contents of the Collection

    The Pomona College Poster Collection is an artificial collection of college advertisements, event and exhibition posters, student proclamations and broadsides, campus signage, College awards and certificates, student diplomas, and artwork. Spanning from 1888-2020, the collection contents primarily originate from Pomona College and its students and include multiple items related to specific class years and college events. Aside from Pomona College or student-created materials, the collection also features assorted items such as propaganda posters and lobby cards for films shot on campus or starring Pomona College alumni. The collection is current and is still accruing materials. New materials will be added as acquired.

    Organization and Arrangement

    The collection is organized into the following nine series:
    • Series 1: Advertisments, 1900-1903 and undated
    • Series 2: Awards and certificates, 1908-2016
    • Series 3: Events and performances, 1888-2017 and undated
    • Series 4: Exhibitions, 1987-2015 and undated
    • Series 5: Signage, 2020 and undated
    • Series 6: Student posters and broadsides, 1905-1937 and undated
    • Series 7: Artwork, 1966 and undated
    • Series 8: Miscellaneous, 1945-1962 and undated
    • Series 9: Oversize materials, 1987

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library’s online public access catalog.

    Subject Terms

    Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)
    Advertising
    Art--Exhibitions
    College buildings
    College students
    Glee clubs
    Motion pictures
    Music -- Performance

    Genre and Form of Materials

    Art
    Awards
    Broadsides
    Certificates
    Diplomas
    Lobby cards
    Posters
    Proclamations
    Signs and signboards